Labour cost per hour in Latvia

Average hourly labour cost (wages plus employer social contributions) in the business economy, yearly. All figures for Latvia

Latest labour cost per hour in Latvia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	16.3 €/hour	2025	4th lowest of 27	−5.4 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Latvia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 4th lowest of 27

Luxembourg56.8
Denmark51.7
Belgium48.2
Netherlands47.9
Austria46.3
Germany45.0
France44.3
Ireland44.2
Sweden43.1
Finland39.4
Italy32.0
Slovenia29.7
Spain26.4
Cyprus21.7
Estonia21.1
Czechia19.8
Slovakia19.8
Portugal19.4
Poland19.1
Malta19.0
Croatia18.4
Greece18.2
Lithuania17.8
Latvia16.3
Hungary15.2
Romania13.6
Bulgaria12.0

Labour cost per hour

All 9 values: Labour cost per hour

Period	€/hour
2025	16.3
2024	15.1
2023	13.5
2022	12.2
2021	11.3
2020	10.7
2016	7.7
2012	6.0
2008	5.9

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Latvia, 2025: 16.3 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/latvia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

Source: Eurostat, licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.